Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?

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From: Kerr-MuddJohn
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:40

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On Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:31:40 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:52:34 -0400, Peter Flass wrote:
> 
>> Gareth's Downstairs Computer
>> <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/06/2018 11:39, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>> That was a regular argument in the late 70s to mid 80s, almost as
>>>> common as emacs/vi.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Never could understand the quasi-religious fervour about them, for
>>> EDLIN provided all that was ever necessary in an editor.
>>> 
>>> The time spent editing a program is infinitesimally insignificant
>>> compared to the time that a progam may exist.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Sure, butbthe time spent editing is a large percentage of the time the
>> programmer spends working on it. Afterwards it may exist for years
>> without being touched, while the programmer has moved on to working 
with
>> other code. Besides vi vs. emacs is a useless argument - ISPF is far 
and
>> away the best editor.
> 
> Get the latest editor book:
> 
>  https://www.michaelwlucas.com/tools/ed
> 
> Despite the publication date, this is a real book.
> 
> 
> 

Here's a review:
https://dan.langille.org/2018/04/01/book-review-ed-mastery/
TL;DR - it's crap. So says it's author.

-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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